Security experts are warning Windows Mobile phone users to beware of
downloading games to their devices as it emerged that a Russian-speaking hacker
has been uploading versions of a particular game with malicious Trojan programs
hidden inside.
Sophos senior technology consultant Graham Cluley wrote on his blog yesterday
that a number of Windows Mobile users are reporting that an unusual side effect
of playing the 3D Anti-terrorist action” game – their phones are making
expensive calls to international destinations.
“It appears that a Russian-speaking hacker has taken the game "3D
Anti-terrorist action", embedded his Trojan horse inside it, and uploaded it to
Windows Mobile download sites on the web,” he wrote.
